[Nikor]

Originally Posted by Solarus

Most go to syrtis because they all want to be Legolas.....or some other infamous elvin sooper-dood.

I think you've got a good point here. You should see the amount of chars running around with some variation of that name in the initiation zone or around Fisgael.

I can't really remember why I chose Syrtis, it's been a while now. But I have some vague recollection that I didn't know which realm to chose. I guess I just ended up with the one that left the best impression in the introduction video. Which makes me think that the video can have a great influence on people that don't know the game, and that it might have a greater effect on realm balance to redo it than any XP/gold/whatever bonus ever could.